2 Timothy 2:4
No man holding knighthood to God, [en] wrappeth himself with worldly needs, (so) that he please to him, to whom he hath proved himself.
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In Context
5For he that fighteth in a battle, shall not be crowned, [no] but he fight lawfully.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 20:5But the leaders shall cry by all the companies, while the host shall hear, (and shall say), Who is the man that hath builded a new house, and hath hallowed not it? go he and turn again into his house, lest peradventure he die in battle, and another man hallow it. (Then the leaders of the army shall say, in the hearing of all the people, Who is the man who hath built a new house, and hath not yet dedicated it? go he back, and return to his house, lest he die in the battle, and another man dedicate it.)
Luke 9:59And he said to another, (Pur)Sue thou me. And he said, Lord, suffer me first to go, and bury my father. (And he said to another, Follow me. And he said, Lord, first allow me to go, and bury my father.)
1 Corinthians 9:25Each man that striveth in (a) fight, abstaineth him (self) from all things; and they, that they take a corruptible crown, (or and they, so that they receive or they win a corruptible crown), but we an uncorrupt (ed) (one).
1 Thessalonians 2:4but as we be (ap)proved of God, that the gospel of God should be taken to us, so we speak, (or but as we be approved by God, that the Gospel, or the Good News, of God should be given to us, and so we speak); not as pleasing to men, but to God that proveth our hearts.
2 Timothy 4:10For Demas, loving this world, hath forsaken me, and went to Thessalonica, Crescens into Galatia, Titus into Dalmatia;
Matthew Henry on 2 Timothy 2:2-8
Ministerial Fortitude. ( a. d. 66.) 1 Thou therefore, my son, be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus. 2 And the things that thou hast heard of me among many witnesses, the same commit thou to faithful men, who shall be able to teach others also. 3 Thou therefore endure hardness, as a good soldier of Jesus Christ. 4 No man that warreth entangleth himself with the affairs of this life; that he may please him who hath chosen him to be a soldier. 5 And if a man also strive for masteries, yet is he not crowned,… Read the whole commentary →